# Understanding Parquet Format for beginners

DevFeed: [Understanding Parquet Format for beginners](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/understanding-parquet-format-for-beginners-27252.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/parquet-can-shrink-your-data-100x>)

Author: Zach Wilson

Published: 2026-03-03T21:52:56Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [DataExpert.io Newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dataexpert-io-newsletter.md>)

Topics: [parquet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/parquet.md>)

Tags: [beginners](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/beginners.md>), [format](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/format.md>), [parquet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/parquet.md>)

## AI overview

A beginner-oriented walkthrough of the Parquet file format.

## Source excerpt

A walk through of the most important file format to ever exist